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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Service Pensions, England And Wales\nMade 27th February 2015\nLaid before Parliament 5th March 2015\nComing into force 1st April 2015\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(g) , 2(1), 3(1), (2) and (3)(a) and (c), 4(3) and (5) as read with 4(1), 5(2)(c) as read with 5(1), 7(2) as read with 7(1), 8(1)(a) , 12(6) and (7) , 18(5) to (7) and 25(2) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2, Schedule 3, and paragraphs 1(2)(ii), 2(2)(ii) and 5(1) of Schedule 7 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 .\nIn accordance with section 21 of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See also section 1(3) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (“the Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See also section 8(2)(a) and (4) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See also section 12(1) to (3) and (5) of the Act. Section 12 of the Act comes into force on 1st April 2015."
    },
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "2013 c. 25."
    },
    {
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations: transfer of functions (30.9.2020) by The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/942), arts. 1(2), 4(3)"
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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